11. Miss Marple overhears Bess Sedgwick talking with the hotel commissionaire , Michael " Micky " Gorman. 12. The Patent Office and post of Commissionaire of Patents are established by statute between 1900 and 1919. 13. Thus, the activities and place of business of a commissionaire are not attributed to the principal. 14. Contracted commissionaires provide station attendant services and a security presence, even checking fares on occasion at stations. 15. He finds the detective contemplating a battered old hat, one brought to him by the commissionaire Peterson. 16. They hired operatives, known as " commissionaires ", to negotiate prices with vine growers. 17. For many years, the city assigned a commissionaire to patrol the intersection and assist in traffic direction. 18. To meet its growing demands for personnel after the September 11 attacks in 2001, Commissionaires began accepting civilians. 19. Today, Commissionaires employs over 19, 000 people with offices operating in all ten provinces and three territories. 20. Though there were still buildings and radar towers present only three commissionaires remained to guard the once vibrant base.
